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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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